Øyvind Staveland (born May 20, 1960) was the founder of the

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Vamp The VaMP driverless car was one of the first truly autonomous cars Dynamic Vision for Perc ...

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Torbjørn Økland Torbjørn Eirik Økland (born 25 December 1964) is a Norwegian musician. Together with Øyvind Staveland he was the founder of the Norwegian band Vamp The VaMP driverless car was one of the first truly autonomous cars Vamp
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Staveland has composed the music for the majority of Vamp's hits throughout the years including "Tir n'a noir", "Harry", "Sitte å tenke", "Ba", "Månemannen" and "Kim du nå va" (also lyrics for the latter). He has closely worked with his neighbor, the poet

Kolbein Falkeid Kolbein Falkeid (19 December 1933 – 27 June 2021) was a Norwegian poet and lyricist. He was one of the most widely read contemporary Norwegian poets; known for a lyrical poet's voice that is at once philosophical and approachable. Biography K ...

for the lyrics to Vamp song. His son Odin Aarvik Staveland has written the music amongst others to ''

The Color of Milk ''The Color of Milk'' (aka ''The Colour of Milk'', ''Neither Naked nor Dressed'', or ''Selma and Andy''), original title ''Ikke naken'', is a 2004 Norwegian family film by Torun Lian with Julia Krohn (Selma), Ane Dahl Torp (Nora), Gustaf Skarsgå ...

'' (original title ''Ikke naken'' also known as ''Neither Naked nor Dressed''). As a musician, He is a versatile musician playing the violin, viola, accordion and flute in addition to vocals. Before being involved in music, he was working as a

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